{"id":9171,"date":"2026-01-19T14:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T14:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=9171"},"modified":"2026-01-19T14:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T14:27:12","slug":"several-killed-in-kabul-blast-afghanistans-interior-ministry-says-taliban-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=9171","title":{"rendered":"Several killed in Kabul blast, Afghanistan\u2019s Interior Ministry says | Taliban News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 96px, 96px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 19 Jan 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">19 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Several \u200dpeople \u200dhave been killed in a blast in \u2060Afghanistan\u2019s Kabul, \u200bthe Taliban\u2019s Interior \u200dMinistry has said.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion occurred on Monday in the Shahr-e-Naw area of the capital, which is home \u200cto foreigners and \u2060thought to be one of the most secure areas \u200cin Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to preliminary reports, \u200da \u2060number of people were killed and injured,\u201d Interior Ministry spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qani told \u200bthe Reuters news agency, \u200cadding that details would be released later.<\/p>\n<p>Blasts in Kabul, and across Afghanistan, are rarer since the Taliban returned to power following the United States withdrawal in 2021, but ISIL (ISIS) affiliates are still active in the country and carry out sporadic attacks.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"59\" data-end=\"152\">In 2025, Afghanistan faced two suicide attacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"154\" data-end=\"378\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The Taliban, which waged an armed rebellion for years, reclaimed power and pledged to restore security to the war-torn country. However, attacks have continued, many of them claimed by the local branch of ISIL.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published On 19 Jan 202619 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Several \u200dpeople \u200dhave been killed in a blast in \u2060Afghanistan\u2019s Kabul, \u200bthe Taliban\u2019s Interior \u200dMinistry has said. The explosion occurred on Monday in the Shahr-e-Naw area of the capital, which is home \u200cto foreigners and \u2060thought to be one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}